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i'm talking a about the delayed vote of chuck hagel to take over. joining me on the phone is bob franken. >> good morning. >> how did a minority in the senate succeed in pushing back this vote on hagel? >> as you know, the senate is in effect goffer earned by the minority. so, the minority can always exert its will, that's exactly what's happening here. number one. number two, the republicans right now are looking for some revenge. they got beaten in the election. you have barack obama the president out there basically tap-dancing on them. being more assertive. this is the way for the republicans to say we're not going to be pat. >> could they be wrong about that, might this ultimately threaten the confirmation? >> this is going to be based on impressions of washington. i think there's a view if something is stalled it's not going to up then it's going down and the break that's coming up with the senate is a long time, if there's anything about hagel that might come out damaging to him this is the time. the senate for years has run the charade of co
i'm talking a about the delayed vote of chuck hagel to take over. joining me on the phone is bob franken. >> good morning. >> how did a minority in the senate succeed in pushing back this vote on hagel? >> as you know, the senate is in effect goffer earned by the minority. so, the minority can always exert its will, that's exactly what's happening here. number one. number two, the republicans right now are looking for some revenge. they got beaten in the election. you have...
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hagel's opposition to the u.s. troop surge in iraq raises some serious questions about his judgment on foreign policy. >> you saw the hearing. you know his record. are you going to support him for defense secretary? >> i will see the answers to his questions but i have grave concerns. >> grave concerns? >> yes. >> would it be fair to say you're leaning against voting for him? >> i think that would be fair. >> both criticisms follow a blistering attack on saturday by former vice president dick cheney. the performance now of barack obama as he staffs up the national security team for a second term is dismal. frankly, what he has appointed are second rate people. >>> there's a new u.s. commander in afghanistan in what could be the final reshuffling of american leadership before coalition troops are withdrawn on schedule by the end of next year. general joseph dumford took over on saturday. a four star marine officer replaces general john allen. he's been nominated to lead nato forces in europe. general dunford will pl
hagel's opposition to the u.s. troop surge in iraq raises some serious questions about his judgment on foreign policy. >> you saw the hearing. you know his record. are you going to support him for defense secretary? >> i will see the answers to his questions but i have grave concerns. >> grave concerns? >> yes. >> would it be fair to say you're leaning against voting for him? >> i think that would be fair. >> both criticisms follow a blistering attack...
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when we return, i'm sure chuck hagel will have enough votes to be confirmed. other senators have reasonable questions, i mean reasonable. >> but you're not a yes vote for your old friend? >> no. i don't believe he is qualified. but i don't believe that we should hold up his nomination any further. >> safe to say hagel and mccain families won't be sharing a presidents' day picnic today. officials at the white house are raising concerns that the lag in seating the president's cabinet picks could hurt the country. >> between john brennan and chuck hagel we want to make sure we have those guys sitting in the chairs working. i don't want there to have been something missed because of this hang up in washington. >>> also in washington, tens of thousands of people rallied yesterday in opposition to the proposed keystone pipeline. the demonstrators called on the president to reject the plan. the $5.3 billion project could carry crude oil over 1,000 miles from canada to the gulf coast. with thousands of jobs hanging in the balance, the permitting decision rests in john
when we return, i'm sure chuck hagel will have enough votes to be confirmed. other senators have reasonable questions, i mean reasonable. >> but you're not a yes vote for your old friend? >> no. i don't believe he is qualified. but i don't believe that we should hold up his nomination any further. >> safe to say hagel and mccain families won't be sharing a presidents' day picnic today. officials at the white house are raising concerns that the lag in seating the president's...
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secretary hagel has new threats. they are ready to launch a new attack. connecticut lawmakers approve tough new gun control measures and the governor will sign them into law at noon. >>> new technology is helping moms bond with their babies. alzheimers costs more to treat than cancer. >>> queen elizabeth gets a multimillion dollar pay raise. >>> hours ago, connecticut state legislature passed the toughest gun control legislation in the country. it cleared the house after hours of what was respectful and somber debate. earlier, they approved the sweeping bill. requires background checks for all firearms sales and bans the sale or purchase of magazines. the bill goes to governor dannel malloy. north korea is ramping up saying their military is cleared to attack the u.s. using smaller lighter weapons. it's responded by deploying a missile system to guatemalan. jim is in south korea. jim, it appears the situation is escalated day-to-day. >> you are right. in that message, clearly meant for u.s. consumption, they spoke of deploying what they are calling mobile
secretary hagel has new threats. they are ready to launch a new attack. connecticut lawmakers approve tough new gun control measures and the governor will sign them into law at noon. >>> new technology is helping moms bond with their babies. alzheimers costs more to treat than cancer. >>> queen elizabeth gets a multimillion dollar pay raise. >>> hours ago, connecticut state legislature passed the toughest gun control legislation in the country. it cleared the house...
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it appears chuck hagel has the votes to be confirmed as the next secretary of defense. however h some now want president obama to withdraw the nomination. no defense secretary has ever been confirmed with more than 11 no votes. >>> hey, mitt romney, look who's back and ruffling up policy feathers all over again. we're talking about bid bird, who now appears in a psa with michelle obama. this time they're promoting healthy eating. >>> meanwhile, former first lady laura bush is requesting she be pulled from a psa featuring same-sex marriage. it features comments she said in 2010. the group respect for marriage coalition has dropped her from the spot and replaced her. >>> vice president joe biden is the administration's point man on gun control, but he raised eyebrows earlier this week when he said his advice for home self-protection would be to fire a shotgun into the air. now several officials are coming forward saying that move in delaware would be illegal unless you were in fear for your life. oops. >>> treasury secretary nominee jack lew might have a funny looking sig
it appears chuck hagel has the votes to be confirmed as the next secretary of defense. however h some now want president obama to withdraw the nomination. no defense secretary has ever been confirmed with more than 11 no votes. >>> hey, mitt romney, look who's back and ruffling up policy feathers all over again. we're talking about bid bird, who now appears in a psa with michelle obama. this time they're promoting healthy eating. >>> meanwhile, former first lady laura bush is...
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> and do you think it was the judicial appointments that broke the camel's back, not even the chuck hagel nomination, but it was actually not a personality or a policy, it was simply the process. can we fill a court, no. >> there was nothing about these nominees that was called into question. i think it was that, and also blocking mel watt as head of federal housing agency. i mean, like, you can't pick a member of congress. nothing like that had happened since the civil war. so this is such projection. because the ones that have been lawless and the ones that have been power mad have been the republicans who have prevented this man, this president, from actually being president. >> indeed. >> they reached into two other branches, the executive branch and judiciary. >> absolutely. john, the minority leader also said democrats will come to regret this, perhaps sooner than they think. a nice kind of warning there from him. what does he mean by that? >> what he means is, we have a midterm election coming up in 2014. a year from now. that republicans are hoping that they will retake the senate
> and do you think it was the judicial appointments that broke the camel's back, not even the chuck hagel nomination, but it was actually not a personality or a policy, it was simply the process. can we fill a court, no. >> there was nothing about these nominees that was called into question. i think it was that, and also blocking mel watt as head of federal housing agency. i mean, like, you can't pick a member of congress. nothing like that had happened since the civil war. so this is...
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>> senator hagel is an honorable man. he served his country and no one on this committee at any time should impugn his character or his integrity. >> intense stuff. officials in california now confirm the body has been found in a burned out cabin where a former police officer and alleged murderer took cover amid a massive federal manhunt. the suspect 3shgs 3-year-old chris dorner never emerged from the building as it was consumed by flames. according to investigators, the former navy reservist shot two deputies yesterday killing one as the officers surrounded his position about 80 miles east of los angeles. the suspect is accused of killing at least four people over the last week in what was considered revenge for his firing from the lapd. although it's still unclear what sparked the fire, police say they heard a single gunshot from inside the cabin and medical testing is now being done to confirm the body's identity. >>> also, thousands of people onboard a disabled cruise ship have another nasty day ahead of them. anyone
>> senator hagel is an honorable man. he served his country and no one on this committee at any time should impugn his character or his integrity. >> intense stuff. officials in california now confirm the body has been found in a burned out cabin where a former police officer and alleged murderer took cover amid a massive federal manhunt. the suspect 3shgs 3-year-old chris dorner never emerged from the building as it was consumed by flames. according to investigators, the former...
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., chuck hagel said american forces are prepared to respond to any move by pyongyang. >>> north korea has been with its rhetoric, with its actions have been skating very close to a dangerous slide. their actions and their words have not helped de-fuse a combustible situation. >>> in pyongyang, no sense of panic at all. north koreans celebrated the first ascension to the workers party one year ago. >>> now, to business. wall street will be keeping a close eye on today's weekly unemployment numbers after last week's disappointing jobs report. stocks were way up across the board yesterday. the dow and s&p hit new record levels, while nasdaq had its best close since the year 2000. for more on this gravity defying rise of our markets, steve sedgwick is live. whatever happened to that correction? >> what did happen to it? and i want to know who those guys were. were they buying when it was 4% or 5% lower than it is. they were waiting for equities to be low. 1589 was the day high soon after the open on the s&p. whilst the dow has been hitting daily record highs, they have been a leg up. from
., chuck hagel said american forces are prepared to respond to any move by pyongyang. >>> north korea has been with its rhetoric, with its actions have been skating very close to a dangerous slide. their actions and their words have not helped de-fuse a combustible situation. >>> in pyongyang, no sense of panic at all. north koreans celebrated the first ascension to the workers party one year ago. >>> now, to business. wall street will be keeping a close eye on...
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republicans eventually backed down from that fight, and chuck hagel was confirmed. this gop obstruction is historic, it's out of bounds. but now harry reid leading the senate democrats has said they will no longer back up from the republican bullying. joining me now are krystal ball and angela rye. thank you for being on. >> thanks for having us on. >> krystal, let's put up that chart again. showing filibusters against president obama's nominees versus all other nominees from all other presidents in u.s. history combined. doesn't that show why this change today was so necessary? >> yeah, it does. i mean, it shows in essence why we can't have nice things. right? maybe we would like to have an emergency brake as the filibuster was meant to be on things that really go beyond the pail. but as you point out, it's not just recent obstruction. we have all this nostalgia about the filibuster and senate tradition. but the filibuster throughout history at times has been used for very ugly things. >> very vile. >> so as republicans try to mount this charge that democrats are c
republicans eventually backed down from that fight, and chuck hagel was confirmed. this gop obstruction is historic, it's out of bounds. but now harry reid leading the senate democrats has said they will no longer back up from the republican bullying. joining me now are krystal ball and angela rye. thank you for being on. >> thanks for having us on. >> krystal, let's put up that chart again. showing filibusters against president obama's nominees versus all other nominees from all...
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the findings came out of a 2012 panel of white house advisors including now defense secretary chuck hagel. agencies like the cia are ignoring places like china and the middle east to instead focus on current military operations and drone strikes. advisors say operations have been side lined by more than a decade of conflict dating back to just after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. the white house has not commented publicly on the report but recent remarks from some top officials suggest they share the panel's concerns. >>> north korea issues a new threat to the united states. the country says they will waste no time attacking american military bases in japan and on the island nation of guam if they're provoked. those threats come a day after the leader ran a mock drone strike on south korea and prepped for a possible air raid. pyongyang stepped up the rhetoric in recent days over hostile on going military drills between south korea and the u.s. although north korea is believed to lack the technology to carry out such an attack, washington is deploying more arsenal to counteract the threat. >>
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/israeli marks and taking a swipe at the new secretary of defense, chuck hagel. governor chris christie is slamming leaders in washington for failing to find better solutions to last week's across the board spending cuts. the new jersey republican called out president obama and the congress. >> the worst thing about sequester in my view is they're not spending time talking about e entitlement spending which is where we need to focus on over the long haul to make a difference in terms of our long-term fiscal health as a country. i'm disappointed in that. you know, if you stacked up all the things that disappointment about washington, d.c., it would be pretty tall. if anybody in this room thinks they understand washington, d.c., please come on up, stand behind the podium and you give the answers. because i don't have the first damn idea of what they're doing down there. i don't understand it. i don't understand why they haven't fixed it already. seems to me it should be easy to fix. real leadership would get this fixed. get everybody in the room and you fix it. you
/israeli marks and taking a swipe at the new secretary of defense, chuck hagel. governor chris christie is slamming leaders in washington for failing to find better solutions to last week's across the board spending cuts. the new jersey republican called out president obama and the congress. >> the worst thing about sequester in my view is they're not spending time talking about e entitlement spending which is where we need to focus on over the long haul to make a difference in terms of...
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in february, they challenged his right to defend the country by blocking chuck hagel to head the pentagon. it was the first ever filibuster of a pentagon chief. they stopped his nominee for the consumer bureau for two years. that was confirmed in july. in october, they challenge his right to an economic agenda by blocking the nomination of mel watt. watt was the first sitting member of congress to be denied confirmation to any office since the civil war, and most recently, they challenged the president to appoint any judges. they shot down all three of the president's nominees to the d.c. court of appeals. the president and democrats are on the attack today. they invoked the nuclear option. but the bigger message behind the move is clear. democrats and this president have gone to war with their enemies finally. let's listen to the president. >> today's pattern of obstruction, it just isn't normal. it's not what our founders envisioned. a deliberate and determined effort to obstruct everything, no matter what the merits, just to refight the results of an election is not normal. and for the
in february, they challenged his right to defend the country by blocking chuck hagel to head the pentagon. it was the first ever filibuster of a pentagon chief. they stopped his nominee for the consumer bureau for two years. that was confirmed in july. in october, they challenge his right to an economic agenda by blocking the nomination of mel watt. watt was the first sitting member of congress to be denied confirmation to any office since the civil war, and most recently, they challenged the...
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some republicans have questioned hagel's income after he left the senate. and there's going to be another vote to go ahead with a nomination, but not until february 26th. >>> well, he's been called the blade runner. i'm talking about oscar pistorius. he inspired millions at the london summer olympic games. you may remember as the double amputee that competed against able-bodied runners. now he's accused of murdering his girlfriend, model reeva steenkamp early this morning. neighbors noted there had been previous incidents at the home, including allegations of a domestic nature. police do say that miss stoirs is cooperating, but they haven't given any motive as for the alleged killing as of yet. >>> and in california, the san bernardino police department has positively identified the charred human remains found in the burnt cabin in big bear lake, california, to be those of christopher dorner. the identification was made through dental identification. dorner was the rogue ex-cop who was wanted for a string of killings in los angeles. >>> and now back to our
some republicans have questioned hagel's income after he left the senate. and there's going to be another vote to go ahead with a nomination, but not until february 26th. >>> well, he's been called the blade runner. i'm talking about oscar pistorius. he inspired millions at the london summer olympic games. you may remember as the double amputee that competed against able-bodied runners. now he's accused of murdering his girlfriend, model reeva steenkamp early this morning. neighbors...
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he's going to have private briefings with hagel, closed press, that's it. along with the wall street journal thing. it's incredibly disappointing. lincoln wasn't asked to speak initially for this event. he was only asked to give a few appropriate remarks. obama has been asked to attend this event for over a year. according to the national parks service he's never been at the gettysburg battlefield. >> he did participate in the public service announcement for pbs that includes, you know, everyone from president obama to jimmy carter to our own bill o'reilly. here is a bit of that. >> that this nation under god. >> shall have a new birth of freedom. >> and government by the people. >> of the people. >> for the people. >> shall not perish from the earth. >> good enough? >> probably not. at least to the people i have talked to in gettysburg. they are disappointed. anybody can upload a speech on youtube and watch it. that's not the same as the president being there. >> do they now question his relationship with president lincoln? >> yes, absolutely. even james m
he's going to have private briefings with hagel, closed press, that's it. along with the wall street journal thing. it's incredibly disappointing. lincoln wasn't asked to speak initially for this event. he was only asked to give a few appropriate remarks. obama has been asked to attend this event for over a year. according to the national parks service he's never been at the gettysburg battlefield. >> he did participate in the public service announcement for pbs that includes, you know,...
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. >>> when the senate gets back to work this week, they will take up the confirmation of chuck hagel, again. on tuesday, they are expected to vote on whether to end the filibuster that has kept the full senate from voting on hagel to be the new defense secretary. republicans have blocked the vote and 15 of them sent a letter to president obama demanding that hagel's name be withdrawn. >>> back to the crash now at daytona. none of the drivers were injured in that spectacular crash, but as i said, at least 28 fans were injured. most were treated or released from the medical center at the track or at a nearby hospital. rick hen drik was in the stands when the wreck happened. how close were you to the wreck? >> we were, me and my brothers approximately one section over and i'd say maybe about seven or eight rows from where the crash actually happened. >> when did you see it and when did you realize how bad it was? >> of course, as you heard many times before. it all happened so fast that we saw the wreck happening in turn four and then the car just literally explode right in front of us a
. >>> when the senate gets back to work this week, they will take up the confirmation of chuck hagel, again. on tuesday, they are expected to vote on whether to end the filibuster that has kept the full senate from voting on hagel to be the new defense secretary. republicans have blocked the vote and 15 of them sent a letter to president obama demanding that hagel's name be withdrawn. >>> back to the crash now at daytona. none of the drivers were injured in that spectacular...
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senate republicans have there aed a vote on chuck hagel to replace him for another ten days, using an unprecedented filibuster. unprecedented for defense nominee. president obama says they are putting politics ahead of national security. >> i'm still presiding over a war in afghanistan and need a secretary of defense who is coordinating with allies to make sure our troops are getting the kind of strategy and mission they deserve. >> mean tooil, the president returns home to chicago today for the last in a series of campaign style events. this week they are focused for plans on the economy and education that he outlined in the state of the union address. gun violence also on the agenda when the president speaks to a chicago high school. dan lothian live at the white house with a preview. homecoming of sorts, dan. >> the president will be speaking at hyde park academy, and as you pointed out, the main focus will be the economy. but the president will be talking about gun violence in a city that last year had almost 2500 shootings and more than 500 murders, and, of course, you have the h
senate republicans have there aed a vote on chuck hagel to replace him for another ten days, using an unprecedented filibuster. unprecedented for defense nominee. president obama says they are putting politics ahead of national security. >> i'm still presiding over a war in afghanistan and need a secretary of defense who is coordinating with allies to make sure our troops are getting the kind of strategy and mission they deserve. >> mean tooil, the president returns home to chicago...
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. >>> chuck hagel is taking a voluntary pay cut. it's to show employees forced to take unpaid leave. he will give back two weeks of pay, just under $11,000. >>> the man responsible for ginsburg represented monica lewinsky in the '90s. he appeared on all five sunday talk shows on a single morning. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. as we go to bill karins for the forecast, we have to look at this tornado video out of texas, the panhandle there. it touched down on april 1st. the twister was on the ground for five minutes. fortunately, it was a remote area, no one was injured. it's incredible. i'm from texas, we know it's called tornado alley, but you never get used to pictures like that. never. >> you like them far away or on tv. >> it was that time of year, an amazing march, no fatalities from tornadoes. last year, we had 42. next week could be a different story. we are following the storms along the gulf coast. anyone driving i-10 from houston to new orleans, mobile, pensacola, to tallahassee, that's the worst drive ou
. >>> chuck hagel is taking a voluntary pay cut. it's to show employees forced to take unpaid leave. he will give back two weeks of pay, just under $11,000. >>> the man responsible for ginsburg represented monica lewinsky in the '90s. he appeared on all five sunday talk shows on a single morning. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. as we go to bill karins for the forecast, we have to look at this tornado video out of texas, the panhandle there. it touched down on...
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this is just the latest sign of trouble for hagel. >> the debate on chuck hagel is not over. >> reporter: another roadblock in chuck hagel's quest to take over at the pentagon. >> we don't have the information we need and i am going to fight the idea of jamming somebody through until we get answers. >> reporter: republican lindsey graham repeating a threat to block the vote until he gets an answer from the white house on whether the president called libyan officials the night of the deadly benghazi attack. this after a sometimes bitter debate in the normally bipartisan senate armed services committ committee. texas republican ted cruz demanded to know more about hagel's speeches. >> we do not know, for example, if he received compensation for giving paid speeches at extreme or radical groups. it is at a mineral vanity to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from saudi arabia, came directly from north korea. >> reporter: angering democrats. >> we are not going to accept your suggestion and innuendo that there's some conflict of interest here because th
this is just the latest sign of trouble for hagel. >> the debate on chuck hagel is not over. >> reporter: another roadblock in chuck hagel's quest to take over at the pentagon. >> we don't have the information we need and i am going to fight the idea of jamming somebody through until we get answers. >> reporter: republican lindsey graham repeating a threat to block the vote until he gets an answer from the white house on whether the president called libyan officials the...
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will the senate see eye to eye on chuck hagel? good morning. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm christine romans. 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. >>> first, the not so triumphant turn of the carnival "triumph." thousands of passengers who spent five days stranded at sea and slogging through sewage are sleeping on warm beds or on buses or trains, finally headed home it blocked in mobile, alabama. listen to the cheering bounds on board. but also family members waiting for them. passengers began streaming off about an hour later. some were angry and others were stateding it all in stride. all of them relieved to be back on shore. >> we are happy to be on dry land. it's been a horrible experience for us. it was a great cruise to start off with, but it just -- you know, the morning of the fire. >> there was a fire alarm. >> and we've been kept in the dark a lot. we haven't been told everything that we probably should have known. and it was just, you know, the -- the things just kepting worse and worse and we could never, ever really get a straig
will the senate see eye to eye on chuck hagel? good morning. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm christine romans. 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. >>> first, the not so triumphant turn of the carnival "triumph." thousands of passengers who spent five days stranded at sea and slogging through sewage are sleeping on warm beds or on buses or trains, finally headed home it blocked in mobile, alabama. listen to the cheering bounds on board. but also family members waiting...
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he picked hagel, a centrist. his foreign policy tough as nails in terms of nailing terrorism. they can't really complain about that. he has tried to bring us out of the wars we got stuck in. he's not a jimmy carter, not a passivist. he's a dove, doesn't want to go to war with iran. most americans don't want to go to war with iran, because is an unending war, many facets we can't predict. spending, what started the tea party republican grassroots people, even though they elected w, common sense conservative, he wouldn't veto, just spend money. wait a minute, no control left here. that to me is a reasonable case for the grassroots anger and frustration which led to the tea party movement. the tactics employed, that's come from the top. the people haven't said shut down the government, it's people like cruz and rand paul. my argument, there's a real urge to get control of finances. the democrats have not taken seriously, probably never have. then you've got -- it's true. you're laughing but they never have. >> the president put reforms to medicaid -- medicare and social security
he picked hagel, a centrist. his foreign policy tough as nails in terms of nailing terrorism. they can't really complain about that. he has tried to bring us out of the wars we got stuck in. he's not a jimmy carter, not a passivist. he's a dove, doesn't want to go to war with iran. most americans don't want to go to war with iran, because is an unending war, many facets we can't predict. spending, what started the tea party republican grassroots people, even though they elected w, common sense...
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. >> reporter: chuck hagel has what his commanders tell him a national security crisis. >> we need to deal with this reality. >> reporter: $46 billion in mandatory budget cuts must be made by september. the joint chiefs of staff are briefing hagel on exactly what will be cut and how it will affectionate security. >> it will put the nation at greater risk of coercion. >> reporter: training will be delayed for soldiers heading into afghanistan. >> we will have to make a decision somewhere along the line to either extend those already there or send people there that are not ready. >> reporter: that means extended tours in the war zone. two-thirds have air force combat units will drop below combat readiness levels and the marine corps? >> by the beginning of next year, more than 50% of my tactical units will be below acceptable levels of readiness for gat. >> reporter: but some say the pentagon is crying wolf. >> i followed the post war eras starting with korea, vietnam. this will be the least amount of money we have asked to draw down under any post war time but yet everyone is hollering
. >> reporter: chuck hagel has what his commanders tell him a national security crisis. >> we need to deal with this reality. >> reporter: $46 billion in mandatory budget cuts must be made by september. the joint chiefs of staff are briefing hagel on exactly what will be cut and how it will affectionate security. >> it will put the nation at greater risk of coercion. >> reporter: training will be delayed for soldiers heading into afghanistan. >> we will have...
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secretary of defense chuck hagel. >> i think their very provocative actions and belligerent tone has ratcheted up the danger. and we have to understand that reality. >> it could be months before some residents have full access to their homes after wednesday's landslide on whidbey island in washington state. officials say the ground is still unstable. natural resources officials say the land might even have started moving back in 2002. one home and a two-lane road were taken out. at least five other homes are said to be in immediate danger. >> a terrifyingly close call for a philadelphia sub rider. watch what happens when the 63-year-old walks off the platform and on to the tracks. a bystander jumped down to rescue him, risking his on life. he was taken to the hospital for treatment. >> an american astronaut and two russian cosmonauts are now on board the international space station less than six hour after blasting off from kazakhstan. it's the first time the express route was used to fly a crew to the space station. it normally takes about two days. >> the markets are closed this go
secretary of defense chuck hagel. >> i think their very provocative actions and belligerent tone has ratcheted up the danger. and we have to understand that reality. >> it could be months before some residents have full access to their homes after wednesday's landslide on whidbey island in washington state. officials say the ground is still unstable. natural resources officials say the land might even have started moving back in 2002. one home and a two-lane road were taken out. at...
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>> after a bitter confirmation, chuck hagel has now been sworn in as u.s. defense secretary. >> it wasn't easy for chuck. >> republicans had delayed his vote and objected over his views of iran among other things. >> like some of his past affiliations. >> is he a member of the al qaeda kids club? >> after all that at the pentagon, it's now charles in charge. at the nfl combines this week -- speed was a factor. so was agility. and so was sexual orientation. wait, what? >> nfl draft prospect says that teams asked him if he likes girls. >> according to one prospect. asked if you have a girlfriend, are you married, do you like girls? >> that's a big no-no. >> any federal, local, or state law says you cannot base employment on someone's sexual orientation. >> the nfl is investigating the allegations. >> as you know, the pope a couple years ago was fired. >> i'm sorry, come again. >> they caught him stealing communion wafers. >> not exactly, but he did resign and said good-bye to something else. >> he'll dispense with his signature red prada shoes. >> he will tra
>> after a bitter confirmation, chuck hagel has now been sworn in as u.s. defense secretary. >> it wasn't easy for chuck. >> republicans had delayed his vote and objected over his views of iran among other things. >> like some of his past affiliations. >> is he a member of the al qaeda kids club? >> after all that at the pentagon, it's now charles in charge. at the nfl combines this week -- speed was a factor. so was agility. and so was sexual orientation....
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jim, good morning. >> good morning. >> when did hagel make this decision? i heard it was a little bit back. >> it was several weeks ago as we understand it that he had decided if civilian employees in the pentagon were to be furlo h furloughed, during that 14-week period they would get a 20% cut in their pay that he too would take a 20% cut with whatever the other civilian workforce would have to take. >> speaking of cuts. he's sounding the same warnings now that leon panetta was sounding a couple weeks ago. haggel is saying the cuts to th pentagon are going to devastate the agency. and military readies readiness. >> we started to draw down in afghanistan and everybody here in uniform realized that cuts are coming. managing those cuts is what's important and the trillion dollars you're talking about, 500 billion of that, was already imposed and it began under defense secretary bob gates and so then the additional 500,000 or so or 500 billion or so came under this sequestration. so the u.s. military is already preparing for drastic cuts and quite frankly the
jim, good morning. >> good morning. >> when did hagel make this decision? i heard it was a little bit back. >> it was several weeks ago as we understand it that he had decided if civilian employees in the pentagon were to be furlo h furloughed, during that 14-week period they would get a 20% cut in their pay that he too would take a 20% cut with whatever the other civilian workforce would have to take. >> speaking of cuts. he's sounding the same warnings now that leon...
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tonight, secretary of defense chuck hagel, just moments ago, actually, a few blocks from here, he has just given a rather remarkable and confrontational speech at a dinner for the anti-defamation league here in new york, calling out nine states that are defying the defense department and defying federal law in order to keep discriminating. texas, apparently, was the first state to announce that they were going to do this, but now it is nine states altogether and the secretary says that among these nine states, there are 114 army national guard and air national guard bases that are refusing equal treatment to military same-sex couples. and here is secretary of defense, chuck hagel, speaking just moments ago. >> when the supreme court issued its decision on the defense of marriage act this summer, the department of defense immediately began working on providing same benefits to all spouses regardless of sexual orientation. we did it because everyone who serves our country in uniform, everyone in this country, should receive all the benefits they deserve and they've earned and in accorda
tonight, secretary of defense chuck hagel, just moments ago, actually, a few blocks from here, he has just given a rather remarkable and confrontational speech at a dinner for the anti-defamation league here in new york, calling out nine states that are defying the defense department and defying federal law in order to keep discriminating. texas, apparently, was the first state to announce that they were going to do this, but now it is nine states altogether and the secretary says that among...
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is this about chuck hagel? is this about benghazi? and as this source pointed out, look, they wanted hillary clinton to testify on benghazi, they got her. they wanted the timeline supplied to them about what the president knew, who he speak to and when, they said they've now gotten that. so they believe and another source described it to me this way, they believe that they just want to be vindictive, that this is now about president obama and that in the end if they continue this, they will look petty, as one source put it. >> and i just want to be precise, dana bash, this vote is still continuing. we don't know if the vote has failed or succeeded or what's going on. but we assume that there aren't -- what you're hearing is that there aren't probably five republicans who will join 55 democrats in breaking this filibuster? >> reporter: that's right. going in, the democrats did not think that they had the 60 votes and we could only potentially find three republicans who were going to agree to stop this filibuster but we probably will se
is this about chuck hagel? is this about benghazi? and as this source pointed out, look, they wanted hillary clinton to testify on benghazi, they got her. they wanted the timeline supplied to them about what the president knew, who he speak to and when, they said they've now gotten that. so they believe and another source described it to me this way, they believe that they just want to be vindictive, that this is now about president obama and that in the end if they continue this, they will...
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and for hagel, hagel may not be a lot of people's first choice, but he is the president's choice. there is nothing in his record that disqualifies him from being secretary of defense. his hearing performance may not have been stellar, but it's time to move this nomination. >> agreed. >>> coming up, we've got former hewlett-packard ceo, carly fiorina, reverend al sharpton and michael hainey. mike allen with the "politico playbook." first, bill karins with a look at the forecast. >> colder air arrives. that mini-snow event turned out to be less than mini. a dusting to an inch at most. we're clear on the roads this morning. florida will have a little rain. if you're flying into miami or ft. lauderdale, maybe even west palm beach, they could have thunderstorms down there. minor airplane problems. it's 75 to 80 down there. light snow in green bay. currently there will be a coating on the roads for you and warsaw. back toward the northern plains, anyone in the dakotas, 90 from bismarck to fargo and also on 94, you will get some of that snow this morning. that's really about it. as adver
and for hagel, hagel may not be a lot of people's first choice, but he is the president's choice. there is nothing in his record that disqualifies him from being secretary of defense. his hearing performance may not have been stellar, but it's time to move this nomination. >> agreed. >>> coming up, we've got former hewlett-packard ceo, carly fiorina, reverend al sharpton and michael hainey. mike allen with the "politico playbook." first, bill karins with a look at the...
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urge your senator to vote no on hagel. >> so why the anti-hagel backers in the group use your mandate so shy in a source close to the group told "huffington post," quote, those involved are choosing to stay anonymous because they're allies with the obama administration and hesitant to criticize the president publicly for fear of retribution or pressure from the white house. the source characterized members as a concerned group of people who have some questions about chuck hagel, including individuals who have fought for lgbt rights for a long time. oh, really? that just doesn't sound right to a lot of people, including many reporters and our own rachel maddow. let's listen to rachel. >> probably they're asserting there's some kind of broad democrat opposition to chuck hagel. we're just not allowed to know who it is. i'm not buying it. i call bullpucky. i say it's even money that this is the right running ads against hagel while pretending to be the left. i might be wrong but i call bullpucky. if i am wrong, there's an easy way to prove it. come out, come out, whoever you are. >> rache
urge your senator to vote no on hagel. >> so why the anti-hagel backers in the group use your mandate so shy in a source close to the group told "huffington post," quote, those involved are choosing to stay anonymous because they're allies with the obama administration and hesitant to criticize the president publicly for fear of retribution or pressure from the white house. the source characterized members as a concerned group of people who have some questions about chuck hagel,...
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john mccain tried to humiliate nominee chuck hagel. and this is just the beginning. >> are you going to answer the question, senator hagel. the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straight forward question. >> but karma caught up with mccain quickly. about an hour after that, he berated hagel. here's how rand paul reacted to mccain's comments. let's listen. >> i find the argument spurious and really frankly absurd. >> on laura ingram's radio show, louisiana senator marco rubi on the emigration issue. >> i love and respect marco, i think he's amazingly naive. >> wow, in other words, he cares about hispanics. in a colossal put down, chris chistie hung the blame for post-sandy suffering squarely on republicans. >> there's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims. the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. >> you know, joy, this was an old democratic problem. >> yes. >> it was called democrats in disarray. you could put it up on every newspaper, every evening news show. >> you
john mccain tried to humiliate nominee chuck hagel. and this is just the beginning. >> are you going to answer the question, senator hagel. the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straight forward question. >> but karma caught up with mccain quickly. about an hour after that, he berated hagel. here's how rand paul reacted to mccain's comments. let's listen. >> i find the argument spurious and really frankly absurd. >> on laura ingram's radio show,...
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hagel? >> you know i saw that information today also. that is more and more concerning. >> you can't take money from a terrorist organization and come from the united states senate and ask for a vote, can you? >> i am very troubled by it. >> i am very troubled by it, it being chuck hagel's imaginary connection to the organization, on a bright dot server, and apparently in rand paul's mind. that is who gets to vote to confirm the defense secretary, very troubled by this terrorist organization that he heard about in a chat room somewhere. don't feel so bad, rush, every country's got them, we just give them more power than most countries do. republicans filibustered chuck hagel's nomination yesterday, that has never happened before, no cabinet nominee has ever been blocked by a filibuster, we have been hit by meteors, but this was never done, now the senate is in recess, the confirmation will probably happen in a week and a half, unless of course we have to hear rand paul chair hearings on the birth certificate of the president, or somethin
hagel? >> you know i saw that information today also. that is more and more concerning. >> you can't take money from a terrorist organization and come from the united states senate and ask for a vote, can you? >> i am very troubled by it. >> i am very troubled by it, it being chuck hagel's imaginary connection to the organization, on a bright dot server, and apparently in rand paul's mind. that is who gets to vote to confirm the defense secretary, very troubled by this...
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but there's no doubt that chuck hagel went out of his way to step on toes. there were always these guys that would go up, and they'd want to cut your bill. funding on your bill. and instead of coming up to you saying, you know what? i just can't support this, this, this or this. it just doesn't make sense. i think we're wasting money. okay, we'll move things around and make sure that it pays for itself. but some guys would always go to the floor, get in front of the microphone and pound and rail against it. and use it for their own advantage back in their home district. now, there's a better way for chris christie to do what he did. his approval ratings are in the 70s. but if i'm a house republican, i'm going to go, you know, come on, buddy. let's talk about this behind closed doors. i'm just saying, i can understand why charles krauthammer said what he said. there are ways to do it. and chris has sharp elbows just like hagel had sharp elbows. that said, i agree with krauthammer. he needs to be at c-pac. >> and i think krauthammer is referring to a broader t
but there's no doubt that chuck hagel went out of his way to step on toes. there were always these guys that would go up, and they'd want to cut your bill. funding on your bill. and instead of coming up to you saying, you know what? i just can't support this, this, this or this. it just doesn't make sense. i think we're wasting money. okay, we'll move things around and make sure that it pays for itself. but some guys would always go to the floor, get in front of the microphone and pound and...
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do you stand by that -- those comments, senator hagel? >> well, senator, i stand by them because i made them. >> were you right? were you correct in your assessment? >> well, i would defer to the judgment of history to sort that out. >> the committee can deserves your judgment as to whether you were right or wrong about the surge. >> i'll explain why i made those comments. >> i want to know if you're right or wrong. that's a direct question. i expect a direct answer. >> well, if you would like me to explain why. >> i actually would like an answer, yes, or no. >> well, i'm not going give you a yes or no. i think it's far more complicated than that. and as i already said, i'll defer that judgment to history. as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge, but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> ah. not just about the surge, it was about the overall war of choice going into iraq. right. so is john mccain trying to relitigate that? the overall war of choice going
do you stand by that -- those comments, senator hagel? >> well, senator, i stand by them because i made them. >> were you right? were you correct in your assessment? >> well, i would defer to the judgment of history to sort that out. >> the committee can deserves your judgment as to whether you were right or wrong about the surge. >> i'll explain why i made those comments. >> i want to know if you're right or wrong. that's a direct question. i expect a direct...
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i have to tell you, we learned earlier that even secretary hagel was talking about this in some of his meetings this morning and he recalled when he was in the army, he was present at a training accident in his case a grenade went off. so you do get the training exercises accidents at time, but they aren't all that common. certainly nothing to the september where you'd have seven marines killed in one. >> seven lives, so sad. chris lawrence, thank you. >>> it is the red line that could mean u.s. boots on the ground in syria. and today, the white house is now looking in to reports that that red line has been crossed. syrian state media is now reporting chemical weapons have been strapped to a missile and fired in civilians in allepo province. nick paton walsh is in bay rue. has sad's regime, they're blaming the rebelses, they're blaming the government. so who has the access to the chemical weapons? who has the most to gain from this? >> reporter: first off there is no definite proof that chemical weapons were used. what we do know is in an area near allepo, both the regime and reb bem b
i have to tell you, we learned earlier that even secretary hagel was talking about this in some of his meetings this morning and he recalled when he was in the army, he was present at a training accident in his case a grenade went off. so you do get the training exercises accidents at time, but they aren't all that common. certainly nothing to the september where you'd have seven marines killed in one. >> seven lives, so sad. chris lawrence, thank you. >>> it is the red line that...
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against hagel. >> against hagel and be a con train to the president. >> one of the most important people in the president's inner circle in the first term was nancy-ann deparle. had it not been for her they wouldn't have passed the health care bill. she was absolutely indispensable. she's leaving, however. >> the great irony is nobody's more powerful in the inner circle than a woman. valerie jarrett. he's known her a long time. she was an executive in chicago. he knows her well. this is an argument we'll have in america and we should always. >> and we'll judge him by the final results. i'll put that out there. >> thank you. >>> up next, press secretary -- let's take a look at the guy who's a far out guy. steve stockman who was an ally when he was first elected and now is in the mainstream of the republican party. the republican party has moved from mainstream conservative to radical. >>> we're coming right back with a curious case of the republican party's lurch to the far right. >>> we want all tools available to use, including the impeachment. using children. it reminds me of sadham hu
against hagel. >> against hagel and be a con train to the president. >> one of the most important people in the president's inner circle in the first term was nancy-ann deparle. had it not been for her they wouldn't have passed the health care bill. she was absolutely indispensable. she's leaving, however. >> the great irony is nobody's more powerful in the inner circle than a woman. valerie jarrett. he's known her a long time. she was an executive in chicago. he knows her...
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you know what, the preside president -- they keep saying charges is chuck hagel. >> chuck hagel is coming in as part of team. the president sets the tone. you should give the executive a chance to put their team together whether you agree or disagree. it won't be chuck hagel being held accountable, the president of the united states. he's won that right through a second election and hope we give him that opportunity. >> most importantly, alabama, nick sabin, your recruiting buddy. >> tough in the living room, may be good on the ball field but even better than the living room. >> always good to be with y'all. >> coming up, chris matthews and al hunt and chuck todd from the white house. keep it live right here on "morning joe." [ male announcer] surprise -- you're having triplets. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just com
you know what, the preside president -- they keep saying charges is chuck hagel. >> chuck hagel is coming in as part of team. the president sets the tone. you should give the executive a chance to put their team together whether you agree or disagree. it won't be chuck hagel being held accountable, the president of the united states. he's won that right through a second election and hope we give him that opportunity. >> most importantly, alabama, nick sabin, your recruiting buddy....